Vermont has become the fourth American state to legalize euthanasia after Gov. Peter Shumlin signed into law the “End of Life Choices" Act which permits physicians to administer a fatal overdose to terminally ill patients who wish to commit suicide.
On 20 May 2013 Gov. Peter Shumlin signed the bill into law after it was approved by the state legislature: 75 to 65 in the House and 17 to 13 in the Senate.
“This bill does not compel anyone to do anything that they don't choose in sound mind to do. All it does is give those who are facing terminal illness, are facing excruciating pain, a choice in a very carefully regulated way," the governor said after he signed the bill. Read more
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